We are not Americabecause we close off hopeWe are America because we let it in We are not Americabecause we fear the truthWe are America because we cling to it We are not Americabecause we foment the worstWe are America because we inspire the best We are not Americabecause we are about one manWe are…
Almost a century after women gained, through the 19th Amendment, the right to vote and other protections followed, America faces a new era of racism, sexism, nationalism and knee-jerk reactions to the concept of “other.” The feminist movement is a historic, but sometimes-tenuous, thread in the fabric of America. The current hammer of misogyny proves…
People eventually know — as I know — this flaxen gift of life will slip. The spindly legs of a sick child or the bony, veined hands of old women remind us of breaking. But also that living moves when Gaia speaks. On a Sunday morning, fresh blooms go on an old grave where new tears fall. But the grief dwindles hours later against the slope of a partner’s body. Fingers arched, someone peels a layer off. And the citrus hangs like summer air. But it is not the fruit, or the granite tombstone, or the baby’s footprint, that prove…
The dozens of sexual-assault claims against Bill Cosby strike me on multiple levels. Even though we live in an era that is meant to typify major advancement in women’s rights and issues through the centuries, it seems like we are sometimes still in the dark ages. Based on systemic, religious and cultural influences, there are…
